1949 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1949
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	53–101 (.344)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	Bill DeWitt
General Managers:	Bill DeWitt
Managers:	Zack Taylor
Television:	KSD
Radio:	WEW/KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Tom Dailey)

The 1949 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

Offseason

October 4, 1948: Sam Dente was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for John Sullivan, Tom Ferrick and $25,000.^[1]
December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.^[2]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	109	284	74	.261	8	49
1B	137	500	119	.238	24	79
2B	145	544	158	.290	11	63
SS	79	235	56	.238	2	15
3B	137	544	176	.324	1	51
OF	104	314	77	.245	13	45
OF	143	501	131	.261	23	77
OF	140	471	144	.306	16	91

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
104	297	68	.229	3	37
97	278	81	.291	10	39
102	244	63	.258	3	29
105	243	55	.226	0	18
71	136	17	.125	1	5
15	56	14	.250	1	6
41	44	11	.250	0	2
2	8	3	.375	0	1
2	7	1	.143	0	0
7	6	0	.000	0	0
6	5	1	.200	0	2
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	223.2	12	17	3.98	70
30	143.0	8	14	6.17	57
31	139.2	4	12	6.64	35
3	16.1	1	2	7.71	5
1	5.0	1	0	5.40	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
48	153.2	4	11	4.69	69
42	142.1	4	11	5.06	31
40	141.0	8	8	4.79	34
35	127.1	3	13	5.37	24
30	83.1	1	7	4.32	44

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
50	6	4	6	3.88	34
13	0	1	0	10.80	13
9	0	0	0	7.56	8
5	1	1	0	2.79	2
4	0	0	0	6.43	1
3	0	0	0	27.00	4
1	0	0	0	18.00	0